When a music company buys an artist’s back catalogue or an old song suddenly returns to the charts, what exactly does “back catalogue” mean? An artist’s back catalogue is the collection of music they released…
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Music catalogue sales regularly generate enormous headlines. An artist sells the rights to decades of songs. A music company or investment fund pays hundreds of millions. The artist’s greatest hits apparently have a new owner.…
A&R stands for Artists and Repertoire. It is the part of a record label or music company traditionally responsible for finding artists, signing talent and helping develop the music those artists release. An A&R representative…
Building a music career can take time. Even talented artists with growing audiences may experience unpredictable income between releases, royalty payments and live shows. The right side hustle can provide financial stability without pulling you…
A music distribution API allows one system to exchange release data with another automatically. Instead of entering every track manually through a web dashboard, a label or music platform can send structured information directly into…
Managing music from a phone is convenient. You can upload files, approve artwork, check earnings and change release details from almost anywhere. It is also easy to make a costly mistake on a small screen.…
Music distributors often promote the number of platforms they deliver to. One may advertise 100 stores. Another may claim 150 or more than 400. The larger number sounds better. But store count is only useful…
Royalty-split tools can automate payments between artists, producers and collaborators. They do not decide who legally owns the music. A technical split is an instruction to divide income. The underlying ownership should still be agreed…
Snapchat has launched a new music discovery feature that allows users to share the Spotify songs they are listening to directly through Snap Map. Called Now Playing, the feature lets Snapchat users connect their Spotify…
Music platforms close. A company may run out of funding, change strategy, sell its technology or discontinue one part of its service. When that happens, artists and producers can lose much more than access to…
